Conservative Sex and the Benefits of Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Engelmoer, Daniel J P ^a,b   Donaldson, Ian ^a   Rozen, Daniel E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL DENSITY; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84888231923     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003758     Document Type: Article

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